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Last updated 22nd July 2005 by Bree
Advancement in Rank in the Woodcraft Hall
After a journeyman or apprentice has completed the required courses and rotations between the logging camps, all the while making sure that his duties are completed regularly, he must complete a project to advance to his next rank. This does not apply to advancing within ranks, such as junior to senior, but between apprentice and journeyman from journeyman to master.
The project is not a simple one. For apprentices the project must show their proficiency of all aspects of the craft. This includes choosing the wood, curing the wood, cutting and carving it, joining it, decorating it with inlays and other fancy work, staining it, and finally adding some type of finish to it. The plans for the project must first be approved by the Master of Apprentices and the Hallmaster. After the project is completed it is again approved by the Master of Apprentices, who schedules a meeting of the Masters to review the work and vote on the promotion. Although these meetings are held with several projects to review, only about half of the projects receive final approval.
The journeyman project is only slightly different from the apprentice assignment. The project must be in the Journeyman's specialization, rather then having to encompass all of the aspects of the Hall. Typically, projects can range from an elaborate piece of furniture to a new innovation that can be implemented at one of the logging camps. These projects must be approved by the Hallsecond and the Hallmaster and after completion must go through a board of Masters like the apprentice project. There is one major difference between the two projects: The apprentice project is given back to the apprentice as a reminder of his greatest accomplishment in the Hall, until that time and to encourage him to continue in his class work. The journeyman project is actually used, whether by one of the Masters, the Hallmaster, or included in the tithes to the Hold or Weyr, getting the new Master's name public recognition.
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The project is not a simple one. For apprentices the project must show their proficiency of all aspects of the craft. This includes choosing the wood, curing the wood, cutting and carving it, joining it, decorating it with inlays and other fancy work, staining it, and finally adding some type of finish to it. The plans for the project must first be approved by the Master of Apprentices and the Hallmaster. After the project is completed it is again approved by the Master of Apprentices, who schedules a meeting of the Masters to review the work and vote on the promotion. Although these meetings are held with several projects to review, only about half of the projects receive final approval.
The journeyman project is only slightly different from the apprentice assignment. The project must be in the Journeyman's specialization, rather then having to encompass all of the aspects of the Hall. Typically, projects can range from an elaborate piece of furniture to a new innovation that can be implemented at one of the logging camps. These projects must be approved by the Hallsecond and the Hallmaster and after completion must go through a board of Masters like the apprentice project. There is one major difference between the two projects: The apprentice project is given back to the apprentice as a reminder of his greatest accomplishment in the Hall, until that time and to encourage him to continue in his class work. The journeyman project is actually used, whether by one of the Masters, the Hallmaster, or included in the tithes to the Hold or Weyr, getting the new Master's name public recognition.
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